We need to stop being victims, and start being fixers

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[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Rewarding serious victims who need it is a good endeavor. But creating a mass culture of victim rewards creates a mass mindset of seeking ways to portray oneself as victim.

True but they're only victims in their mind.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Some people are real victims and need real help. But they're usually not the ones making the most noise about it, which is part of what creates the imbalance in who is rewarded.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That makes sense. Yes, that also potentiates the quote that "Stupid people think they're smart and smart people think they're stupid.

One could then say that real victims many times are silent or silenced, treated like dirt; and those with victimisation/persecution complex are paraded as heroes and are rewarded, even by big corporate banks.